Students play a very important role in the game of school. It is in part the students who are uncooperative and disruptive that inhibit learning, but they are definitely not the whole problem. I can relate to the entire chapter. That in high school learning was much more about going through the motions than actually acquiring information. Very little of the information and curriculum that was covered in my high school classes I retained. We were taught from an early age that work had to be done just to be done. It was not about learning the information it was about getting a good grade. It was important to make sure we met the deadlines and requirements for assignments but no more than the bare minimum. If we could pass o the bare minimum than why work harder than we have to? I can admit to not raising my hand in class because I know someone else will have the answer. I would do anything to "avoid extra work and conflict". School to me was about getting through the day and going home, not about actually learning. I definitely could have applied more time and effort into learning and acquiring the information. School would probably have been more enjoyable if I had applied myself the same way I did to other things like sports. I know in my classes no one wanted to be seen as the "teachers pet" or the one who tried too hard. I can also remember making remarks to other students about how someone was "nerdy" or cared too much about school work because it did not matter. In reality those were the students who were probably actually getting something out of their lessons.
This article has definitely opened my eyes to the " game of school". I do not want to play this game at my time at URI. I want to get a lot more out of classes and lectures than just the bare minimum. I want to be passionate about what I am learning and apply that to my job someday. I do not intend to do college the same way I got through high school. I do not want college to be a game the way high school was and I hope that the majority of my professors see it this way as well.
This article has definitely opened my eyes to the " game of school". I do not want to play this game at my time at URI. I want to get a lot more out of classes and lectures than just the bare minimum. I want to be passionate about what I am learning and apply that to my job someday. I do not intend to do college the same way I got through high school. I do not want college to be a game the way high school was and I hope that the majority of my professors see it this way as well.